What is it?
- Small group workshops
- Ask all your questions
- Updates on recent progress
- Get confident with complex patients
Who is it for?
Paediatricians; Community Paediatricians; Nurses, General Practitioners; Trainees. Not on the list? Still very welcome.
Provisional Programme (subject to change):
09:30-11:00: Physiotherapy session (Jo Moore, Jacqui Taylor)
11:00-11:15: Tea/Coffee break
11:15-13:15: Small-group case-based workshops
13:15-14:00: Lunch
14:00-14:30: Newborn screening for SMA (Nick Flynn, Senior Clinical Biochemist)
14:30-15:00: The Generation Study: whole genome sequencing for rare disorders (David Bick, Principal Clinician Newborn Genomes programme & Lauren Capacchione, Regional results co-ordinator and Senior midwife)
15:00-15:30: How to investigate a floppy baby (Dr Dora Steel, Paediatric Neurology ST8)
16:00-16:30: The maze of new treatments for SMA and DMD (Dr Deepa Krishnakumar, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist)
16:30: Questions and close
FREE! Tea/Coffee/lunch included (food sponsored by Novartis)
Booking essential: please email manigeh.fanning2@nhs.net
Queries?
Dr Deepa Krishnakumar (deepa.krishnakumar@nhs.net)
Dr Vivien Wong-Spracklen, Consultant Community Paediatrician in Neurodisability (vivien.wong-spracklen@nhs.net)
Dr Dora Steel (dora.steel1@nhs.net)